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发表于 2014-4-22 13:58
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Dean: Hey, man. What's up?
Tod: Ah, first of all, I put a buck in the vending machine for a seventy-five cent candy bar, and the thing got stuck here in the machine. Then, I pressed the change button [Ah, man] , and nothing happened. [Wow!] Nothing came out. The dumb thing still owes me a quarter.
Dean: Well, did you talk to the man at the snack bar to see if he could refund your money?
Tod: Yeah, I tried that, but he said he didn't own the machine, and I'd have to call the phone number on the machine.
Dean: What a bummer.
Tod: Hey, I have an idea. [What?] Why don't we rock the machine back and forth until the candy bar falls?
Dean: Nothing doing. I don't want to be responsible for breaking the thing, and besides, someone might call the cops.
Tod: Ah, don't worry. I've done it before.
Tod: Oh well. Hey, hey, tough luck. Hey, here, take my candy bar. [You mean?] Yeah, the machine and I hit it off earlier today.
Key Vocabulary
buck (noun): informal for dollar
- Could I borrow a buck to buy a drink from the snack bar?
vending machine (noun): a machine from which you can buy items like candy or drinks
- In some places, you can find a vending machine on almost every street corner.
get stuck (verb): unable to move
- I got stuck in traffic on the way home from work.
refund (verb; also a noun): give someone their money back
- That store will refund your money if there is a problem with the item you buy.
bummer (noun): a disappointing situation
- It was a real bummer that you lost your last buck in that vending machine.
rock (verb): move back and forth
- I sometimes rock the baby when he can't sleep.
nothing doing (noun): no way, used when refusing something
- Are you asking me to loan you more money? Nothing doing!
tough luck (noun): an expression of sympathy about a problem
- Did she really break your date? Tough luck.
hit it off (verb): like someone as soon as you meet
- The man at the store and I hit it off the first time I entered, and now he always gives me discounts on certain purchases. |
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